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Post by bobness on Apr 4, 2024 8:39:21 GMT
Lots of possibilities, but, simplest way to look at it is Panthers need 3 points from the weekend (and at least 1 on Saturday) to have any chance at all. 4 points would be ideal. 2 points is not enough in any scenario. A regulation loss in Manchester Saturday and it's season over.
At least one point on Saturday and we're still in it. ...Unless Coventry and Glasgow both win (someone has to win the Dundee Fife game on Saturday, so that takes them out of it, I think), in which case we're done.
3 might be enough, if either Fife or Glasgow go pointless and Coventry get no more than 1 over the weekend.
My head hurts...
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Post by bobness on Apr 4, 2024 8:18:47 GMT
Dundee score 2 "in game" PSs last night, in their 6-3 defeat. Both conceded by the same player, Donaghey. When was the last time a team scored 2 such goals in a game?
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Post by bobness on Apr 3, 2024 16:08:48 GMT
Weninger should be top of Pacha's summer shopping list. He's been a great goalie on a mid-table team. Hugely impressive stats. 93.01SP%, 2.50 GAA is impressive enough. Most shots faced in the league, overall (by nearly 300 shots), and third most per game, behind Owen and Lindskoug (min 10 GP) so I wouldn't say his D are overly "protecting" him.... Has saved 37 (!) goals compared to the average EIHL netminder this year. He'll be in Belfast next season.
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Post by bobness on Apr 3, 2024 15:52:15 GMT
This is the issue though. Nothing to play for, no need to risk Weninger getting injured, may as well give him some experience. (I assume Flodell isn't in the frame?) I agree, though, he looked very good in the game I saw. Yep, nothing to play for, but what are the chances we get Weninger for both games at the weekend 😂 You know the answer to that one...
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Post by bobness on Apr 3, 2024 15:04:41 GMT
Could be all over tonight. Wins needed by Sheffield, Manchester & Cardiff. But especially Manchester. And Manchester are playing their backup tonight… Admittedly I rate Oldale and he had a good run earlier this season (including a win against us) but I’d rather the leagues top netminder be playing instead. This is the issue though. Nothing to play for, no need to risk Weninger getting injured, may as well give him some experience. (I assume Flodell isn't in the frame?) I agree, though, he looked very good in the game I saw.
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Post by bobness on Apr 3, 2024 9:05:19 GMT
Could be all over tonight. Wins needed by Sheffield, Manchester & Cardiff. But especially Manchester. "...it's almost a 'must-win' game..." So, in short, not a "must win" game in any way, shape or form, then.
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Post by bobness on Apr 2, 2024 15:53:07 GMT
How are attendances this season compared to last? EIHLI don't like the way this is put. There aren't "a million fans" in the country. There are probably about 50-100,000 individuals who have attended at least one game? Cumulative attendances at games have been over a million, yes. But that isn't the same as "a million fans". Not to me, anyway.
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Post by bobness on Apr 2, 2024 15:49:59 GMT
How are attendances this season compared to last? I don't follow these but could if I checked all the GRS. Rather hand that over to bob? Are you there bob? ............................................ All I have is this Ai piece. Make of it what you will...... Copilot The Nottingham Panthers have seen an upswing in attendance during the 2023/24 season, building on their strong fan base. Let’s explore the numbers: Average Attendances: Compared to the previous season, the Panthers are now averaging almost 1,500 more fans per home game1. This increase reflects the dedication and passion of Nottingham Panthers supporters who continue to fill the stands at the Motorpoint Arena. spikLast season's league games - 27 games - 5,148 average, 138,990 in total This season's average from 26 games - 5,218, 135,655 in total, with one game to go. Assuming let's say 5500 Saturday night, that will make the average 5,228. So, the above statement (+1500 per game) looks to be broadly cobblers, to quote the technical term.
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Post by bobness on Apr 2, 2024 8:36:44 GMT
According to the earlier team sheet, McKenzie was playing. I don't remember him icing at all but was he even on the bench? He warmed up and was on the bench. But would have taken something catastrophic for him to get any ice time. Baffling. Why have him there at all if he's just going to bench warm? It's not like he's 16 or anything?
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Post by bobness on Apr 1, 2024 21:09:19 GMT
Arse is all I can say after that game. Early contender for post of the year.
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Post by bobness on Apr 1, 2024 20:09:35 GMT
I just don’t understand why the DJ decided to have a Mexican wave. They’re to entertain bored crowds, not energise and get behind a team. Does anybody know when the season ticket prices and stuff will be released. It was March 1st last season. Agreed. I too associate them with bored crowds. Let’s see if we make it to the playoffs…
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Post by bobness on Apr 1, 2024 18:57:35 GMT
Frustrating. To concede when less than 3 minutes from winning (and Clan getting nothing) is a kick in the nuts. To lose it (and Clan get 2 points) the way we did even more so. These days OT is all about possession. First, winning it, then keeping it. We're in their zone, deep in OT. Who do we send out to take the draw? 88, who, for all his good points, hasn't won a single face off in his entire time with us. He takes it, loses it (to a chap with 171 wins this season), Clan get good possession and a few seconds later the game is lost. Why isn't Pare taking almost all face offs in OT? He's our best guy in the dot. Get him out there, we have the best chance of winning it, then we set up and swap him out for who we need. We then have good possession and who we need out there.
Frustrating.
(This happened a few seasons ago in Cardiff too.)
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Post by bobness on Apr 1, 2024 12:55:44 GMT
+/- clearly doesn't tell you all that much on its own. It's like a gateway stat...
On a team like the Ontario in 2018-19, where its GD was -61 (second worst in the entire AHL) it's no great wonder they pretty much all struggled. That said, Kurtis Mcdermid managed to play 48 games and end up with +8. That's Kurtis Mcdermid who's been in the NHL ever since that season. Coincidence?
I'd probably tend to use +/- in a relative sense. Who is the best of a bad bunch, or the worst of a good one? It tells you little without ice time ((per 60 normalises and corrects for varied GP and TOI) Tetlow best at +/- per 60 this season), can be skewed by low GP, specific role played, and of course depends on who you play with. Some players are just worth having even if that stat is a bit iffy. Ling, for example. Never a great defensive forward, shall we say. Barely a + season on his sheet. Season before his second stint here, at Brampton, 9+32, -33(!), worst on the team (with a -117 GD). Welcomed back with open arms by basically everyone. Iggy didn't say much negative then. Presumably he knew then that it was a blunt tool and not to be used in that sense.
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Post by bobness on Mar 31, 2024 20:51:56 GMT
Now he's got it to look at, he can use it when it suits his agenda. Well, except where Tetlow's concerned, but that's just an irrational hatred. When you don't attend any games, you need to latch onto the stats as they're all you've got. You beat me to it. A nice convenient stat that’s so vague and open to interpretation he can manipulate it when it suits him Sadly, as I've calculated, rather than just parroted the EIHL figures, Panthers "best" D man this season for "+/- per 60 ice time" (if you don't like pure +/- this is surely at least a little better) is... Have a guess...
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Post by bobness on Mar 31, 2024 18:42:46 GMT
+/- really is your new favourite hobby horse you love to ride at the minute isn’t it Now he's got it to look at, he can use it when it suits his agenda. Well, except where Tetlow's concerned, but that's just an irrational hatred. When you don't attend any games, you need to latch onto the stats as they're all you've got.
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Post by bobness on Mar 31, 2024 6:48:43 GMT
Blaze weren’t great, but let’s not forget they lost one of their own still very recently. We’ve seen the challenges that comes ourselves so I’m not gonna criticise too much. We never looked like faultering, blazes goal came out of nowhere (some finish mind) but that gave them confidence for 5 mins or so, right up until Curran took one of the silliest and most selfish penalties I’ve seen by just mouthing off at the ref. There was 1:40 left on the 2nd and if they go in 3-1 down, it’s still game on. But we score on the powerplay and he throws away the hard work the blaze put in. Agreed on both counts. Currans penalty was a bonehead play for exactly those reasons. That we scored so early in the pp just compounded the felony.
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Post by bobness on Mar 30, 2024 22:40:05 GMT
Tonight’s game report has Blaze’s Alessio Luciani scoring for us. 🤣 Fortunately it wasn’t Jeremy Welsh too.
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Post by bobness on Mar 30, 2024 14:42:29 GMT
Blaze have 9 points in their last 17 games. Do we know if it coincides with the passing of Keano? At a guess the timeline looks like it perhaps matches up somewhat. 2-6-1 since.
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Post by bobness on Mar 29, 2024 22:47:37 GMT
Is that us pretty much stuffed or is there still an outside chance? More outside than it was before.
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Post by bobness on Mar 29, 2024 19:04:58 GMT
Blaze have 9 points in their last 17 games.
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Post by bobness on Mar 29, 2024 19:01:18 GMT
Joey Lewis made the squad the last time we were at this level, only played twice and didn’t look up to it imo. Hasn’t made a GB squad since either. Lewis is playing for a decent team in a good league and has good numbers so he can't be far off selection He's also 32 this year, I didn't realise that. He's had a solid career in DEL2, so really ought to be capable of playing for GB.
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Post by bobness on Mar 29, 2024 18:18:59 GMT
I'd be interested to know if Pare's face off skills have rubbed off any of the others. Have their percentages improved since he joined the club? Whether that is by him passing on tips in training or everyone just upping their game. You do wonder if thus isn't something that could easily be taught and practiced? At least some kind of learning? Especially as basically everyone who's taken a significant amount of face offs for Panthers this season has been pretty rubbish, stats wise, except Felix.
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Post by bobness on Mar 29, 2024 18:11:06 GMT
I almost felt bad dangling the carrot given I could probably have looked myself. But I'm inherently lazy. You might not have got a picture, either. The short answer is "no". The longer answer is "No, except Anderson is now just poor, not very poor." Attachments:
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Post by bobness on Mar 29, 2024 17:33:05 GMT
I’m on it…
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Post by bobness on Mar 29, 2024 15:08:02 GMT
Hazeldine is a future top drawer D man, but inexperienced at that level. That said, he has absolutely looked the part here, I'd take him for the experience (at least) over at least one of that list.
Strange to me that possibly 2 of the best forwards the coach has to pick from are ruled out for "off-ice issues", shall we say? What's the story with Joey Lewis, surely he should be in with a shout?
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